Lavinia Frances McDonald 1853 - 1937

MCDONALD, WILLEY, WHARFF, JONES, CAVANAUGH

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Date: 7/23/2007 at 12:20:59

eokuk Daily Gate City
Friday, May 21, 1937
page 2, column 5

MRS. M'DONALD DIES AT HOME OF DAUGHTER

Mrs. Frances McDonald, 83 Years Old, Dies at the Home of Her Daughter, Mrs. T. E. Kavanaugh at Mooar Station Today.

Mrs. Frances McDonald, 83, a native of Ohio and long resident of Iowa, died at 4 p. m. today at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. E. Kavanaugh, Mooar Station, with whom she has made her home for the past two years.
Frances Lovinia Wyley was born at Maryville, Ohio, November 7, 1853, and was united in marriage at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to F. M. McDonald in 1881. At that time they were living in New London, Iowa. One daughter, Eella died in infancy.
Mrs. McDonald's life was one which she lived for others, and she was always an attentive mother and a good Christian. She was a faithful member of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints.
Her husband died 21 years ago at Lamoni, Iowa, where they resided for four years.
Surviving are two sons, Forrest C. of Des Moines, and Frank, of Council Bluffs; two daughters, Mrs. C. M. Jones, of Grass Valley, Calif., and Mrs. T. E. Kavanaugh, of Mooar; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
The body was removed this morning to the Greaves Funeral Home from where the funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at three o'clock. Burial will be made at Lamoni, Iowa, Sunday afternoon.